Send to KindleOver time, I will add resources to this website that will help you explore the night sky. And if you are a teacher, you will find the resources helpful in your teaching of some sections of the Australian Curriculum: Science Earth & Space Sciences component. Make a pinhole viewer for May 2013′s Solar [...]
Send to KindleIntroduction Heavens-Above.com provides free customised information for your location including whole sky star charts, predictions for the visibility of the International Space Station and other satellites (including Iridium flares). Bookmarks for all capital cities are provided below. If you are located elsewhere, you can customise one of the below links to your location. [...]
Send to KindleFree student astronomy newsletter From Term 2 2011, you can download a free ‘Amazing Space!’ student newsletter for each term. The newsletter’s content will vary but currently includes finder charts for planets visible to the unaided eye (in the early evening sky), where to look for easily recognisable constellations and Moon phases for [...]
June 2013 ‘Super’ Full Moon followed by ‘King’ tides
Send to Kindle(Post updated 25 May 2013) A ‘Super Moon’ 30% brighter than an average Full Moon’s brightness will occur on 23 June 2013 (at 7:32 pm AEST). The Moon will appear larger than any other Moon of 2013 as June’s Full Moon occurs within 32 minutes of the Moon’s closest approach to the Earth for the [...]
Send to KindleThese notes are intended to provide a casual sky watcher or someone already into amateur astronomy living in Eastern Australia with a summary of what is happening in the night sky in May 2013. The finder charts have been produced for an observer based in Brisbane (Queensland, Australia) but will be useful for [...]
Partial Lunar Eclipse tomorrow morning
Send to KindlePosted 25 April 2013 AEST AWST Penumbral lunar eclipse begins 4:01 am 2:01 am Partial lunar eclipse begins 5:51 am 3:51 am Mid-eclipse 6:07 am 4:07 am Partial lunar eclipse ends 6:23 am 4:23 am Penumbral lunar eclipse ends 8:13 am 6:13 am Western Australia is best placed to see tomorrow mornings partial [...]
Photos from Friday’s Partial Solar Eclipse (10 May 2013)
Send to Kindle(Posted 11 May 2013) Yesterday, we were treated to a partial solar eclipse – or an annular eclipse if you were in a lucky, narrow band of Northern Australia. I used my Ioptron solar telescope to webcast the eclipse from Southern Canberra (see above and below) using Ustream.tv. Unfortunately, I lost my mobile [...]
Jupiter and Moon during the day (with photo)
Send to Kindle(Posted 18 March 2013) How easy is it to see a planet during the day? Very easy if you know where to look. The trick is knowing were to look. Today the Moon was located near the Moon making Jupiter very easy to locate. It was even easier to view in binoculars.
Be ready for the next solar eclipse with a iOptron Solar 60 telescope (telescope review)
Send to Kindle(Posted 26 February 2013) With the next solar eclipse visible from Australia only a few months away, now is the time to consider how you are going to observe it safely. Unlike last November’s Total Solar Eclipse, the eclipse on the morning of Friday 10 May 2013 will either be partial or annular [...]